20 June 2007

Divest for Darfur


Looks like Barclays are ripe for another campaign (I recall the years of anti-apartheid campaigning ...)
"Your money goes into your Barclays bank account.
Barclays invests your money in a Chinese oil company.
The oil company works the Sudanese oil fields.
The Sudanese government takes its cut of the oil revenues.
The Sudanese government funds Janjaweed fighters committing atrocities in Darfur."

Divest for Darfur � MAKE WEALTH HISTORY:

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"Spend and tax" not "tax and spend"

 I got a response from my MP which got me kind of mad. You'll see why as I reproduce it here. Apologies for the strange changes in types...